The present will happen Sept. 29 at Miami's Watsco Heart.
Chayanne shall be honored with the icon award on the 2022 Billboard Latin Music Awards, Billboard and Telemundo stated Thursday.
The Billboard Icon Award is given to an artist who has carved out a profession that has not solely remained related via time, however has additionally made them essentially the most distinguished artist of their style, celebrated globally for attaining each musical and industrial success. The Puerto Rican balladeer and pop star — whose profession spans greater than 4 a long time — has constructed a legacy as one of the crucial beloved and revered artists within the leisure trade.
Chayanne is ready to carry out through the awards present, which can broadcast stay through Telemundo on Thursday, Sept. 29, and also will converse at this 12 months’s Billboard Latin Music Week, the place he’ll give his first interview in additional than 5 years.
The 2022 Billboard Latin Music Awards, the longest-running awards present in Latin music, will happen at Miami’s Watsco Heart. Finalists for the 2022 Billboard Latin Music Awards shall be introduced Aug. 18.
The three-hour stay awards present, which can function performances by the highest names in Latin music, will start at 8 p.m. ET, preceded by the one-hour pink carpet particular La Alfombra de los Premios Billboard. The awards shall be broadcast concurrently on Spanish leisure cable community Universo, all through Latin America and the Caribbean on Telemundo Internacional, and on demand the following day on Peacock.
As has been the case for greater than 20 years, the Billboard Latin Music Awards coincide with Billboard’s annual Latin Music Week, the one largest and most essential gathering of the Latin music trade, happening Sept. 26-30. Latin Music Week will function panels, conversations and workshops on the Faena Discussion board and unique performances and fan experiences all through the week in Miami.
It can additionally function the launch of Billboard Español, Billboard’s new all-Spanish website, which can go stay in September. For registration and data on Billboard Latin Music Week, go to billboardlatinmusicweek.com.
This story first appeared on Billboard.com.